5
'Gude Earl Brand, if ye love me,
Kill auld Karl Hude, and gar him die.'
6
'O fair ladie, we'll do better than sae:
Gie him a penny, and let him gae.'
7
'Gude Earl Brand, whare hae ye been,
Or whare hae ye stown this lady sheen?'
8
'She's not my lady, but my sick sister,
And she's been at the wells of Meen.'
9
'If she was sick, and very sair,
She wadna wear the red gold on her hair.
10
'Or if she were sick, and like to be dead,
She wadna wear the ribbons red.'
11
He cam till he cam to her father's gate,
And he has rappit furious thereat.
12
'Where is the lady o this hall?'
'She's out wi her maidens, playing at the ball.'
13
'If you'll get me fyfteen wale wight men,
Sae fast as I'll fetch her back again.'
14
She's lookit ower her left collar-bane:
'O gude Earl Brand, we baith are taen,'